That was fast. It took 'em years to develop recordable DVDs, then another couple more for the dual layer variety,
but now but a few weeks after TDK announced their hard workin' intentions to develop 8-layer
200GB recordable Blu-ray discs, they've got it bagged. Balls to the fact that we still don't have the players; the
interesting thing about these discs, however, is that the data isn't stored on thin layers of dye, no no. Apparently
when each layer of bismuth peroxide and germanium oxide is heated to 690K by laser, microscopic air bubbles form and
create the bits we've come to know and obsess over. Oh sure, these discs are probably going to be horrendously
expensive in the beginning, but isn't it nice to know we're already good to go on capacities large enough to archive
years of home movies? [Warning: link is Japanese and requires subscription.][Via Newlaunches]
